"Virtuousness Of Innocence"

Here's a question for you ... Have your friends ever somehow decided for you you've spent too much time being single, that it's time to transition into a relationship with someone on their laundry list of individuals apparently "perfect" for you to date? Recently, mine have been doing this and won't seem to quit pestering me about my seemingly "awful" choice to lead a single life in this world as it stands. Outdoing the competition as far as this's concerned, is my great friend Ali...

 

Honestly, I'm not the least bit interested in seeing who she has picked out for me. The reasoning for this is simply because from what I have seen, her friends are complete assholes, and generally the crowd I run for the hills from and avoid at all costs (Mind you I remain single as I'm unready to put myself back up for grabs, due to accumulated past heartaches I still need time to recuperate from, and these individuals are the types out there solely to hurt you - They don't want a commitment, which provides me even less reason to go jeopardize my heart and time that could be spent healing, and developing a solid relationship with myself first which is the most important for everyone). She initiated all of her relentlessness because she believes I'm jealous of what she has with her boyfriend. Although I do want what she has at sometime in the future, I'm not ready right now and that's what she lacks to understand. Are you now beginning to see my problem?

 

Unfortunately she doesn't. She wants me to stop being so "innocent" and completely "closed off" ... Which isn't even the case and is what upsets me the most. I simply need time to sort things out, plus in my personal opinion, being single is great as it comes with fabulous perks of independence. If you're in my shoes at the moment, here's some advice - Don't cave into the pressure of it all, because if you're like me and you need to sort things out in your life before moving onward, time alone is most definitely your best friend. Living your life and fulfilling your needs comes before pleasing others and falling prey to their destructive criticism, if too much "innocence" is what you "have", then think of innocence as nothing other than a virtue.